Graduate Program in Neurobiology & Behavior

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N&B Focus Groups

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
• Computational Neuroscience
• Developmental Neuroscience
• Disorders of the Nervous System
• Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Transmission
• Invertebrate Neurobiology
• Motor Systems and Sensorimotor Integration
• Neuroendocrinology
• Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Transporters and Receptors
• Sensory Systems

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Billie J. Swalla

bjswalla@uw.edu    206-616-9367
Professor, Department of Biology

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I am interested in the evolution of chordates, especially the central nervous system. We are studying the gene networks that specify the central nervous system, in invertebrate deuterostomes and chordate embryos and adults.